2023 Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You
Music is the #33 most popular major in Illinois with 1,129 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Illinois University the best value school in Illinois for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $12,297 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.
Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,968 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great value for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Illinois. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.
SIUE undergraduate students pay an average of $11,496 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.
UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, music graduates from UIUC take out $19,824 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $613.
UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.
UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.
SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Wheaton College Illinois came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Wheaton.
Wheaton College Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $40,820 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Wheaton College Illinois also did well on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Northwestern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree music programs. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northwestern are $60,768 a year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $431.
Northwestern also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.
Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 734 |
| Ohio | 1,138 |
| Indiana | 660 |
| Wisconsin | 359 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 37,413 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 36,301 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 17,341 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 16,778 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 6,355 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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